Fishing-tackle.



.T. PEDERSEN FISHING TAGKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, l909,

Patented Aug. 16,1910.

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Ta aflwkem itmai comma-- a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wallace, in-the county of Shoshone and State of Idaho, have invented a new and Improved Fishing-Tackle, at which the following is a full, clear, and exact-description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in vieware: to pro vide a fishingtackle adapted to swirl and flash, the same being inexpensive and sim le in construction; to provide a light reflectmg and refracting attachment for the tackle; to provide a fishingtackle of a construction which maybe readily .packed within a small compass; to provide a construction whereby the same may be readily changed to vary construction whereby hooks may be attached to the swirlingbody of thetackle.

One embodiment of-the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in wh1ch Figure 1 is a side view of the fishing tackle constructed in accordance with this invention and mounted upon a leader having a fish hook and decoy device thereon; Fig. 2 is a side view of a fishing tackle of slightly different form mounted .upon a leader having a hook attached thereto and a decoy mounted thereon of difi'ierent form than that shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fur, ther modification of the form of the fishing tackle, the mounting being similar to that shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is. aview of a further modification of the construction as far as form is concerned; Fig. 5 is a modification of the form of the invention being shown in its simplified construction; Fig. 6

' is a View of the construction as illustrated in Fig. 5 but as attached to the shank of a shown in Fig.7 of drawings. They may be thus packed very closely and solidly within a small compass either in original packages or made up by the fishermam At either end Be it known that I, TnoM-as Pnnnnsan,

tails 13, 13 there is extended a-tongue 14.

which is bent upward to receive the leader 15. The forward end of the body portion 12 car'- ryin the erforation-9 is also upward bent to allne with the perforation 9 in the tongue 14:, and also to receive the leader 15. The two perforations thus being alined form a bearing on which the lure swirls when drawn rapidly through the water, being impelled thereto by the oppositely disposed talls 13, 13. It will be seen that the swirling of the lure is proportioned to the speed with which it bedrawn through the water or the angle of inclination of the tails 13. As above stated, this angle may be altered to suit circumstances and desire. If it be found that best results are obtained by a comparatively slow moving lure having a high rate of r0 tation the tails are bent fairly acutely, while, on the other hand, if the rotation is desired to be slow the tails are flattened out- Ward. With this lure the operationof the same iswithin the control of the fisherman, requiring no alteration in the operative parts of the lure in order to-accomplish what he recognizes to be the need of the moment or to suithis-desire.

The various forms illustrated in the drawings are to accommodate the many uses for which these lures are placed. in each, how ever, the general construction is the same in that the tongue 14: is provided at the one end and a narrowed extension at the other end, both the tongue and thenarrowed extension' carrying the perforations 9, 9 to have threaded therethrough the leaders 15 and to form aswirling bearing for the lure. In the form shown at Fig. 5 the tongue 14 is incorporated with the tail 13. This form may be used, but it is not that most preferred by me.

In conjunction with the lure Iemploy a decoy 16 which usually consists of a right head of some pronounced color having preferably a multiplicity of facets. When seen in the water the color of the bead lends life to the flashes from the lure. The decoy may be of any variety of shapes, colors and sizes. While I have shown the decoy 16 as detached from the lure I may, if desired, at

provided with a tongue extension between the said tail pieces, said ton ue bein provided with a perforation an adapts to be bent at an angle to the said body portion, and further provided with a contracted forward end portion having a perforation and adapted to be bent at an angle to said por cionsto aline the said perforation therein with the said perforation in the said tongue.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification .in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS PEDERSEN. Witnesses:

M. L. MoNnni, O. R. YOUNG. 

